Saturday, June 20, 2009

2009 Spring Reading Thing WrapUp

Well all good things must come to an end. And the Spring Reading thing is now over. How'd I do? Well I read all the books (32) on my list PLUS 46 more for a grand total of 78 books in 3 months!!!!! It's my BEST ever! This is thanks mostly to the 24 hour readathon where I was able to crank out 19 books in 24 hours.

What was the best book you read this spring?Since I can never choose just one...Play It Again SAHM by Meredith Efken, Boneman's Daughters by Ted Dekker, Secrets of My Hollywood Life by Jen Calonita, The Host by Stephenie Meyer.

What book could you have done without? A couple of the Love Inspired Suspenses were boring but I really did not like The Castaways by Elin Hilderbrand. Too much soap opera. My first book by her and possibly my last.

Did you try out a new author this fall?If so, which one, and will you be reading that author again? Yes, I found a SLEW of new authors this go round. Possibly my favorite is Jen Calonita, author of the Secrets of Hollywood Life series and Sleepaway Girls. I love her writing and I can't wait to read the next book in the Secrets series.

If there were books you didn't finish, tell us why. Did you run out of time? Realize those books weren't worth it? I finished all my books this time around. I had to stop reading for a month because of schoolwork. But doing the 24 hour readathon helped to catch up. I thougth for sure I wasn't going to make it but I did..and beyond!

Did you come across a book or two on other participants' lists that you're planning to add to your own to-be-read pile? Which ones?TBH I had so many books on my own lists and have a huge TBR pile that I didn't really add anything from another list.

What did you learn -- about anything -- through this challenge? Maybe you learned something about yourself or your reading style, maybe you learned not to pick so many nonfiction books for a challenge, maybe you learned something from a book you read. Whatever it is, share! I do this challenge to whittle down my library TBR pile. It works for like a month or so as I try to finish up the list for this challenge, but in the meanwhile I keep going to the library and getting more books so it's neverending.

What was the best part of the Spring Reading Thing? Finding out new authors and just being able to get a chance to read.

Would you be interested in participating in another reading challenge this spring?Of course!!!